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Contemporary Francophone African writers and the burden of commitment /

By looking at engagée literature from the recent past, when the francophone African writer was implicitly seen as imparted with a mission, to the present, when such authors usually aspire to be acknowledged primarily for their work as writers, Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cazenave, Odile M. (Odile Marie), 1961-
Otros Autores: Célérier, Patricia, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:By looking at engagée literature from the recent past, when the francophone African writer was implicitly seen as imparted with a mission, to the present, when such authors usually aspire to be acknowledged primarily for their work as writers, Contemporary Francophone African Writers and the Burden of Commitment addresses the current processes of canonization in contemporary francophone African literature. Odile Cazenave and Patricia Célérier argue that aesthetic as well as political issues are now at the forefront of debates about the African literary canon, as writers and critics increasingly acknowledge the ideology of form. Working across genres but focusing on the novel, the authors take up the question of renewed forms of commitment in this literature. Their selected writers range from Mongo Beti, Ousmane Sembène, and Aminata Sow Fall to Boubacar Boris Diop, Véronique Tadjo, Alain Mabanckou, and Léonora Miano, among others.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 246 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813931159
0813931150
1280489928
9781280489921
9786613585158
6613585157